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Apr 15, 2019 · Fr. George Costigan was identified on the Diocese of Paterson’s February 2019 list of credibly accused priests. The Diocese did not release any information about the allegation (s) made against Costigan, such as the age/gender of the victim or Costigan’s assignment at the time of the abuse.
Br. George A. Costigan. Also known as Br. Daniel Eliseus. Left the Christian Bros; ordained in 1974 and incardinated into the Paterson NJ diocese. Accused 1993 of sexually abusing a girl, ages 9-15, starting in the mid-1960s when he was a Christian Brother at West Catholic Boys High School in the Philadelphia archdiocese.
George A. Costigan, also known as Brother Daniel Eliseus (Diocese of Paterson priest; suspended from ministry) Costigan, a priest of the Diocese of Paterson, was removed from ministry in 1994 after an allegation of sexual molestation of a minor dating to the 1960s.
The first person to tell her was a close family friend and a former Christian Brother from the Brothers of the Christian Schools, George Costigan. “I remember feeling responsible for his death because Costigan warned me that bad things could happen if I didn’t keep ‘our’ secret,” said Clancy.
NEW JERSEY — George Costigan, a priest suspended since 1994 because of abuse allegations, recently showed up at Dover's Sacred Heart parish, and not another parish as had been reported by church officials in Wednesday's Daily Record, said Paterson Roman Catholic Diocese attorney Ken Mullaney.
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Rev. George A. Costigan—Assignment Record. Summary of Case: Accused on 11/19/93 by Patricia Clancy of sexually abusing her, starting when she was less than nine years old in the mid-1960s. Costigan denied the accusation. At the time of the alleged abuse, Costigan was a friend of Clancy's father and a Christian Brother teaching at West ...
